Description |
xiv, 236 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Series |
New horizons in the economics of innovation |
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New horizons in the economics of innovation.
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Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Knowledge in Theory and in Practice -- 3. Distributed Knowledge, Situated Action: The Role of Qualitative Analysis and Participant-Observation in Organizational Knowledge Research -- 4. Integrated Software Systems: The Technology and its Embedded Assumptions -- 5. The Influence of Integrated Systems on Organizational Memory -- 6. Bridging Formal Tools with Informal Practices: How Organizations Balance Flexibility and Control -- 7. Crafting the Virtual Prototype: How Firms Integrate Knowledge and Capabilities within and across Organizational Boundaries -- 8. Conclusions -- App. Internal Company Documents |
Summary |
"The book represents an in-depth and systematic attempt to characterize the fundamental influence of software over the processes that underpin an organization's ability to create and manage knowledge. Scholars and students interested in innovation, technological change and information technology, and managers in software and other hi-tech industries will find this an insightful and highly rewarding study."--BOOK JACKET |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-224) and index |
Subject |
New products -- Data processing.
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Knowledge management -- Data processing.
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Information technology.
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LC no. |
2003047224 |
ISBN |
1843762102 |
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